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Iowa State design researcher teams with Mayo Clinic

Debra Satterfield, an associate professor of art and design, is teaming up with the Mayo Clinic to transform her personal experiences with health care environments and information into more satisfying interactions for others. Satterfield, who researches how experiences are created through the design of environments and information, will examine how design variables influence the decision-making process of patients using medical decision aids.

UI and ISU establish shared DNA sequencing instrumentation

Iowa State University and the University of Iowa have each
purchased a state-of-the-art DNA sequencer that will advance genetic
research on both campuses. The two sequencers -- each with different
capabilities -- can be used by researchers from either university. The
instruments are expected to benefit research in the agricultural and medical
sciences.

Bernard named interim dean of Iowa State University College of Engineering

James Bernard, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor of Engineering and a 25-year member of the Iowa State University mechanical engineering faculty, has been named interim dean of the College of Engineering effective Sept. 1.

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Better buffer than levees

Christian Science Monitor

Rather than continue spending massive amounts of government money
on haphazard cleanup efforts after disasters, that hit the Midwest and
Louisiana, ISU political science professor Steffen Schmidt argues let's take some realistic
measures.